The Great Architect of the Universe built it of good stuff. - Jules Verne

As for seeing the town, the idea never occurred to him, for he was the sort of Englishman who, on his travels, gets his servant to do his sightseeing for him.

"There is the disadvantage of not knowing all languages," said Conseil, "or the disadvantage of not having one universal language."

It must be, for there is a logic to everything on this earth and nothing is done without a reason, that God sometimes lets scientists discover.